Month: January 2023

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High had few answers for St. Paul’s hot shooting Friday. The Indians eclipsed the 20-point barrier in both the first and third quarters to cruise to a 74-43 win over Marmaton…

MORAN — A slow start put Marmaton Valley High’s girls behind the  eight ball Friday. The Wildcats made a game of it after falling behind early, but visiting St. Paul’s closing kick slammed the door…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic climbed into the Rod Laver Arena stands to celebrate his 10th Australian Open championship and record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title Sunday and, after jumping and pumping his fists with his team,…

MANHATTAN — Keyontae Johnson wasn’t going to let the fact that he was facing his former team in the Big 12/SEC Challenge on Saturday keep him from playing his game. Johnson and the No. 5…

BURLINGTON — The Iola High boys basketball team allowed turnovers and bad rebounding to get the best of them in a 69-48 loss at Burlington Friday night.  The Mustangs (6-7; 1-3) got down big early…

Workers are remodeling a 1901 building on the corner of Bridge and 9th streets to make it into a restaurant and bed and breakfast. The building was the Bailey Hotel in its first life. It…

The roots of my love for Kansas Day were planted deep many years ago in Mrs. Garrett’s second-grade class at Jefferson Elementary School in Iola. The simple act of coloring my own version of the…

City leaders deserve hearty congratulations for their unanimous vote at Monday’s council meeting to extend a new road onto what had been Cedarbrook Golf Course. This clears the way for developer Gabe Woodman of Merak…

If you haven’t seen “All Quiet on the Western Front,” you’re missing out. The German film, an adaptation of the French novel, is directed by Edward Berger and was released late last year on Netflix.…

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Department of Health says it was not able “to definitively confirm or refute the presence of Santa” in a young girl’s home after she requested to have a…